English Literature 3 by Shabbir Ahmed | Sep 13, 2018 | 0 comments Welcome to your English Literature 3 What is the word for a "play on words"?A punB simileC haikuD haiku Which represents an example of alliteration?A) Language ArtsB) Peter Piper Picked PeppersC) I like music.D) A beautiful scenery with music What is the imitation of natural sounds in word form?A PersonificationB HyperbolesC AlliterationD Onomatopoeia The theme is ...?A) a plot.B) an characterC) an addressD) the point a writer is trying to make about a subject. Which is not a poetry form?A) epiB) taleC) balladD) sonnet Which is an example of a proverb?A Get a "stake" in our businessB You can't have your cake and eat it, tooC The snow was white as cotton.D You're driving me crazy. Which is an exaggeration?A AlliterationB HaikuC HyperboleD Prose Which of the following is not a poet?A William ShakespeareB Terry SaylorC Elizabeth B. BrowningD Emily Dickinson Who has defined 'poetry' as a fundamental creative act using languages?A) H. W. LongfellowB) Ralph Waldo EmersonC) Dylan ThomasD) William Wordsworth What is a sonnet?A) A poem of eight linesB) A poem of six linesC) A poem of twelve linesD) A poem of fourteen lines What is study of meter, rhythm and intonation of a poem called as?A ProsodyB AllegoryC ScansionD Assonance Which figure of speech is it when a statement is exaggerated in a poem?A) OnomatopeiaB) MetonymyC) AlliterationD) Hyperbole There was aware of her true love, at length come riding by - This is a couplet from the Bailiff's Daughter of Islington. What figure of speech is used by the poet?A MetaphorB SynecdocheC EuphemismD Irony Which culture is known for their long, rhymic poetic verses known as Qasidas?A) HinduB) CelticC) ArabicD) Arameic Your new question! Which of the following is a Japanese poetic form?A) JintishiB) VillanelleC) odeD) tanka What is the title of the poem that begins thus - 'What is this life, if full of care, we have no time to stand and stare'?A) ComfortB) LeisureC) RelaxationD) Tranquility Which of the following is not an English poet (i. e. from England)?A) Victor HugoB) Alexander PopeC) John MiltonD) Samuel Taylor Coleridge Who was often called as the Romantic Poet as most of his poems revolved around nature?A) William BlakeB) William ShakespeareC) William MorrisD) William Wordsworth What is a funny poem of five lines called?A) QuartetB) LimerickC) SextetD) Palindrome Time is Up!
